You have to act fast if
you'd like to bid on this one. This silent
auction ends Monday afternoon, that's March
12th 2012. I know the minimum bid is way
out of my range, but for those who can manage
it good luck!

We're the
Minorities in Broadcasting Training
Program; a non-profit organization
formed in 1992. Our website is www.theBroadcaster.com.
(We are also listed as a charity on
Ebay; user name: thebroadcaster.com)

We received a donation
of a set visit to FLASHPOINT in Canada!

The set visit includes:
* Visiting the set between now and
late June, 2012 in Toronto, Canada
* Two (2) guests
* Meeting available cast members
* Watching Filming
* Tax deduction for US citizens for
every dollar over $1000 bid
* Must be 12 years and older
* Transportation and lodging the responsibility
of the winning bidder
* Must be flexible with the dates.
You can request a certain week, then
work with production company on the
specific date to come
* You will be working with a rep from
the production directly

Rico has a recurring role
on CBS' Person
of Interest. On March 8th 2012
he made his third appearance on the show
as Carl Elias.

Flashpoint has been
renewed for a fifth season!

I have to admit I'm confused
by Flashpoint.
Not the stories, because those are clever
and complex, but not impossible to follow.
Scheduling for the show, however, is a cruelly
byzantine puzzle. This
article gives a pretty concise explanation,
but I'm still not sure if we're getting
everything the Canadians get and how far
behind we are in the states when new episodes
air. Oh well, it's now the star of the line
up at its new US Network ION Television
and they show episodes all the time. Eventually
I'll catch on and catch up.

In the midst of the writers'
strike CBS greenlit this Canadian
produced cop drama. Enrico Colantoni returned
to hometown of Toronto to star in a project
he describes in an interview for TWoP
as "A roller-coaster ride of excitement.
I think every episode is just so beautifully
shot and exciting, and it's just a lot of
flashbacks and it really looks gorgeous
.... I think it's the greatest TV show ever."

He also told the Fresno
Bee, "This is the kind of show
that will look at what happens to a police
officer who has to pull the trigger to kill
someone or do something that affects them
in the line of duty."

Here's what some other
people thought:

"The CBS co-production
with Canada's CTV benefits from the winning
presence of Enrico Colantoni ("Veronica
Mars"), who commands the group of emergency
cops inspired by Toronto's Emergency Task
Force." — The
Denverpost.com

"Enrico plays Greg
Parker, the Sergeant of the team, and he
really embodies this emotional intelligence
that’s very important to the steering
of this team. There’s a kind of empathy,
an intelligence that Enrico brings to his
performance that was perfect for that role."
— Executive
Producer Bill Mustos

"Not only is "Flashpoint"
different from most American cop dramas,
it's also better, thanks mostly to the gritty
performances of Colantoni and Dillon."
— The
South Bend Tribune

"Colantoni is a grand
slam for the producers. He brings name value,
he's Canadian born, his brother was a cop
so he knows the drills, and he's versatile
enough to be convincing as a good guy or
a shady character." — Sun-Sentinel

Mr. Colantoni guest starred
on the December 14th 2007 episode of Numb3rs
on CBS.

According to Zap2It.com:Those of us who miss Papa Mars will
be happy to know that Enrico Colantoni guest
stars on Numb3rs (Friday at 10 p.m. on CBS).
That’s the good news. The bad news
– Colantoni plays a former FBI contractor
who takes an FBI agent hostage. Full
Article

and the Star Telegram.comNumb3rs: Enrico Colantoni,
who endeared himself to me forever by being
in both Galaxy Quest and Veronica Mars,
appears in this episode as a former FBI
subcontractor who snaps and takes an agent
hostage.Full
Article

and TVPicks.netEnrico Colantoni, who was awesome as
“Keith Mars” on Veronica Mars
guest stars on Numb3rs (CBS, 9pm). Colantoni
was also one of the few good things about
Just Shoot Me and he was fabulous in Galaxy
Quest. I love the guy, so am happy to see
him appear on this show. Full
Article

Rico did a video interview,
apparently some time before the announcement
of the Veronica Mars cancellation, for The
CW Source which was posted on May 16th
2007.

The CW network canceled the cult hit
Veronica Mars, featuring
Toronto actor Enrico Colantoni, and
will try to pick up steam in its second
year with series about the snobby
rich, transplanted families and a
bounty hunter for the devil.

The network, created
out of the ashes of the former WB
and UPN, had already ended the long-running
family dramas 7th Heaven and
Gilmore Girls. On Thursday
the ax fell on Veronica Mars,
which starred Kristen Bell as a wisecracking
teenage private eye.

"We were
outside the bubble for the longest
time.... And then they put us on after
the Gilmore Girls. But people weren't
sticking around after Gilmore Girls,
because it's really a whole different
audience.

That being said,
and despite the failure of the experimental
retooling, a new initiative came down
from even farther out of left field
to take the show in a whole new direction.

"Rob (creator/producer
Thomas) and a couple of the other
executives said, `Let's make a little
showcase pilot of what Veronica could
be like in four years.' They thought
Dawn might latch on to the idea of
Veronica as an FBI agent in a kind
of sexy workplace environment, á
la Grey's Anatomy, that kind of thing.

"We shot 10
pages and they saw it and the reaction
was, `That's not our show.' Then they
saw the last episode of this season,
and it was so on the money ... it
was like the first two years. And
I think the network was very excited
about that.

"You know how
it works. They've got six new pilots.
And if some of those tank, or if Gilmore
Girls doesn't come back, then of course
they're going to want us back."

A little update on the winner and
runner-up of this year's Save One
Show campaign.

As I mentioned in
the latest chat, Veronica Mars executive
producer Rob Thomas is the special
guest of this week's

Enrico
Colantoni and Kristen Bell with CW
Head Dawn Ostroff

Watch with
Kristin show on the Vine. Although
you'll have to wait till Monday morning
to see the entire show, I wanted to
get out one message right away.

According to Rob
Thomas, Veronica Mars has not been
canceled. At least not yet. He is
meeting with the CW next week to pitch
ideas for season four, and the show's
fate will be decided after that.

You may have seen
the report in USA Today that VM has
been canceled, and also Enrico Colantoni's
interview in the Toronto Star, saying
that the CW did not love the 10-minute
presentation of an FBI version of
the show. But according to Thomas,
the CW has not yet seen the FBI presentation
and there most definitely is still
hope for a season four.

Don't know about
you, but that's news so good it almost
makes me weepy.

Rob (who couldn't
have been a better guest) gave more
scoop
on the show's fate and also the
big love triangle (including some
interesting, season-ending dish on
Logan and Veronica). So, make sure
you check back Monday for that.

Celine is directed
by Jeff Woolnough (CSI, Battlestar
Gallactica) and was written by Donald
Martin, based on the biography, A
New Day Dawns, by Barry Gills and
Jim Brown. It follows Dion until the
age of 24.

Excerpt
from TV BlendVeronica Mars Fans Take To
The Streets To Save The Series Once
Again
By Kelly West: 2007-04-30 18:38:52

This past weekend,
professional street teams distributed
30,000 flyers in New York, Los Angeles,
Philadelphia and Chicago inviting
people to tune in to this week’s
episode of ‘Veronica Mars.’
After an eight-week hiatus, new episodes
of ‘Mars’ will start airing
this week. Prior to the hiatus, the
second story arc of the season was
resolved leaving five more stand-alone
episodes to close out the season starting
this Tuesday (May 1st) at 9 PM on
The CW. Because they are stand-alone
episodes, this really is the perfect
opportunity for new viewers to tune
in and see what all the fuss is about.
Improved ratings could certainly help
keep ‘Mars’ on the air.

In May of 2006,
out of the blue, Enrico Colantoni emailed
me. He'd seen this website and, no doubt,
his curiosity got the better of him. (In
fact, he claims to be flattered and not
the least bit creeped out.) A few emails
later, we had arranged to meet here in San
Francisco for an interview. You can find
the entire interview
here or a smaller bite size Veronica Mars
portion of the interview on my Keith
Mars Page or an easy to swallow Monk
chunk on The
Monk Fun Page.

Check out Enrico's
interview from December 20th, 2005 at 10
p.m. on Live Channel 2 at PMPnetwork.com!

Intelligent
Life at UPN

In
an astounding display of good taste
and intestinal fortitude, and despite
lackluster ratings, UPN renewed Veronica
Mars, co-starring Enrico
Colantoni, for a second season and
then a third.

The
series debuted on September 22nd 2004
at 9:00pm ET. It now airs Tuesdays
at 9:00pm. If you haven't seen it
yet, why the heck not? If you have
seen it you're probably hooked. So
tell all your friends about it, even
if Rico doesn't mind the low ratings.
"I do think it makes us a little
cooler," Enrico says. "I
like the idea of being this little
cult hit... to be the show that needs
to be watched as opposed to the show
everybody's watching."

"The
hockey season may be on ice, but the
game will be back, bigger then ever,"
so says Enrico Colantoni, star of
the TV series "Veronica Mars."

"Hockey’s down, but not
out. When they finally settle this,
I’ll be first in line to buy
season tickets." The Canadian-born
Colantoni is one of Hollywood’s
most diehard hockey fans, and plays
in a weekly game alongside other celebrities.
He is shown here with his most treasured
new possession, an autographed Wayne
Gretzky hockey stick he received as
a gift yesterday. —3/9/05

(Thanks
to Monique Moss, Warren Cowan &
Associates, for the photo and the
quote!)

Enrico
on Monk

In
2004, much to my delight, Enrico guest
starred on the USA originial series
Monk
The episode was "Mr. Monk and
the Employee of the Month" which
premiered on August 6th 2004. It was
the highest rated, perhaps the most
critically well-received and definitely
my favorite episode of the season.
Monk:
The Complete Third Season,
including this episode is available
on DVD.

On March 14th 2005
the cast of Veronica Mars, including
Enrico Colantoni, appeared at the
22nd Annual William S. Paley Television
Festival at the Museum of Television
and Radio in Los Angeles. There was
a panel discussion, an episode screening
and an autograph, all of which I missed
(*pout*) but I did have a Monk friend,
Tami, attending on my behalf. She
found an opportunity to ask Mr. Colantoni
a couple of questions.

Here's what she had to say: "When
I met Rico, I did ask him if he'd
be on "Monk" again and the
man who was with him (agent?) said:
'NO!' I'm not sure if it was a joke.
Rico said that "the show"
[Monk] contacted him for that part
[Joe Christie.] It was kind of hectic,
so I couldn't really get more detail
than that."

Tami also noted,
"He's a sweetheart in person!
and admitted "I'm hooked on Veronica
Mars now. They have a new fan
in me!" [One down, 10 million
more to go.]

Tami and Rico
at the Paley Festival

Enrico in South Park

This portrait of Enrico as Joe
Christie in the South Park style is
courtesy of the artist Olivia.
Click on little Joe to see big Joe
and here
for other Monk/South Park characters.

Pictoral
Story  Rico Scores!(This story is a little old
now, but it's just so cute and colorful, I decided
to keep it in.)

Disclaimer:
This web site is not endorsed or sponsored
by Mr. Colantoni, NBC, CBS, the CW or,
for that matter, anybody else but me.They've
probably never even seen it.All
the news is subject to change... that's
why they call it news. Some of this is
"borrowed" from properly accredited
sources. Anything original by me, Teresa
Murray, is copyright 2003-2011,but go ahead and steal
it if you have no consience and nothing
better to do.

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